I have heard that a combination of increased prices (25% past year) and greatly diminished REO inventory has sent the institutional investors packing here in Phoenix.

What about the tax I end up having to pay on our "combined" profit in the end.

Negative, more liabilities than assets, and you're in the red or underwater.To get an overall picture, you combine the two.

Is it possible for us to get a combined FHA loan?

We've also contacted some people regarding private money ... cross your fingers, we hope to have a combination of funds and mitigate the hard-money fees.

Floors with a polyurethane coating can be damp mopped, but remember that wood and water are not a good combination.

Because of the shortage of inventory combined with low interest rates, it's very possible that we could hit that kind of appreciation.

These 3 tenants have given me more headache than all of my others, ever, combined.

For instance, $50k could be combined with another investor's funds to work a fractionalized note for the total, or you could place it in second position for rehab funding, or many other options.To answer the last question, starting out as a hard money lender is different than starting out as a private lender.

However, if you flipped 3 and loaned on 7 (this is just a random number selected for this example) the URS would rule that the main intent of the IRA was to be passive and since you did not exceed the 3 mark on flips, no UBIT would take place.In summary, the guideline wold include a combination of intent and quantity.